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They Say There is no Need of Troops at Goldfeld Mines APPEAL TO UNION LABOR Miners Accept Operator's Chal lenge and Add Fuel to Flames With a Statement Denver, Col., Dec. 9.—The executive board of the Western Federation of Miners has issued the following state ment concerning the present contro versy between the Goldfield miners’ as sociation and the Goldfield miners’ un ion: “On Dec. 6 President Roosevelt is sued a proclamation ordering federal troops to go to Goldfield, Nev., osten sibly for the purpose of protecting life and property. That there was ever any danger to personal property is em phatically denied by officers of Esmer alda county and by the merchants and citizens of Goldfield. The only reason for the present trouble was the deci sion of the mine operators to force upon the miners a scrip that would not be taken at par by the railroad com panies, the Wells-Fargo Express com pany, the stores or the boarding houses. Neither would the mine own ers agree to guarantee that they would redeem this scrip at any time in the future. “Im refusing to accept this worth less scrip in exchange for their hard labor, the miners of Goldfield are tak ing a manly stand against the usurpa tion of governmental functions by un reliable banking firms which assume the right to set aside the legal money of the nation. “We desire to call attention of the American people to the disaster at Monongah, W. Va., where 500 coal miners were murdered by the capital ist system in its greed for profits. Had President Roosevelt been as anxious to enforce the mining laws of West Virginia, had he considered as well the protection of the lives of those miners by demanding that the mine owners safeguard their employes against unnecessary dangers as he is to send the regular army to crush an organization whose only aim is to bet ter the conditions and make happier the lives of the working class, 500 blackened corpses would not today be laid upon the altar of greed at Monon gah, W.Va., around which weep wid owed wives and orphaned children. “We protest against this action of President Roosevelt, knowing that he was animated by personal hatred against the Western Federation of Miners and its officers. The moving of troops on a peaceable community must be regarded at least as hasty and ill-advised, and we call upon the work ing class of the country to protest against this unwarranted and unprec edented action of mimic warfare.”
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Rushville Daily Republican
Rushville, Indiana, US
Mon, Dec 09, 1907
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